Washing-machine



I .hwenn 'TO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGT iin-into lerares Passivi WM. E.ARNOLD, or ROCHESTER, NEw roux.

WASHING-Macallan.

.pecflcaton .of ALetters Patent No. `3,665, `dated July `13, `18451:.

To all whom #may concern Be it known that I, IVILLIAM E. ARNOLD, of t-hecity of Rochester, in the `county of Monroe and State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manner ofConstructing Machines for Vashing Clothes; and I do hereby declarethatthe following is a full and exact description thereof.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective representation ofmy machine, taken on its rear side or that opposite to the position ofthe person engaged in working it. Fig. 11, is a vertical cross sectionthereof, and the other figures represent parts in detail, which will bepresently7 described.

This machine may, of co-urse, be varied in size, but I ordinarily makeit two feet long, and fourteeninches wide on the inside; about eleveninches deep on the back; and nine inches on `the front side.

A, Figs. 1, and 11, is the body of the box. A piece of plank a, Fig. l1,is made fast along the lower part of the front, to give it a slopeinward.

C, C, are two vertical posts, to which the vibrating dasher is hung.This vibrating dasher is shown separately in Fig. 2, where C is a dashboard perforated with a considerable number of holes. This board isshown separatelyin Fig. 7.

D, D, are the arms by which it is suspended to the uprights C, C. Thedash board C', is so affixed to the vibrating dashes as that itsinclination may be varied at pleasure. This device has been found to beof considerable importance, as the turning over of the articles whichare being washed, as resulting from their kind and quant-ity, and alsothe fo-rce with which the dasher acts upon them, are governed, in agreat degree, by the inclination of the said board. Its lower edge I soform as to constitute a joint upon which it will turn, when receivedwithin a suitable hollow, as shown at b, Figs. 7 and 11, and its upperedge is received within grooves in a cap-piece L, the under side ofwhich is shown separately in F ig. 8. This cap piece turns on joint pinsc, c, in

the dasher sides D, D. d, is a button which bears on the top of the cappiece and holds it in place; by this. arrangement the inclination of thedasher board may be instantaneously varied. The

e 1er is formed into steps A', B, as in many othermachines.

The apparatusby which I movethe dasher back and` forth isseenfin partingFigs. `l and 2, and the separate parts of which it is composed, inFigs. 3, 4, 5, and 6.

G, Fig. 3, is a lever, which has a fulcrum pin M, at its rear end, andcarries a friction roller N, which is received between the projectingsides, or flanches, B, B, of a box F, which is attached to the cross barE, of the dasher, by means of a tenon O, or otherwise. The sides, orfianches B, B, of this box, are usually curved e vertically, but theywill answer if straight. Their distance apart is such as to allow thefriction roller N, to pass up and down freely between them.

H, Fig. 4, is a fulcrum piece which is furlower part oft-he das` nishedwith twoor three holes e, e, to receive the fulcrum pin M, which may beshifted from one hole to the otherto adapt the dasher to the quantity ofclothes; this fulcrum piece is shown as attached to the side of the box,at H, Fig. 1.

l?, Fig. 5, is a staple piece which falls into mortises in the edge ofthe trough, and serves to keep t-he fulcrum pin M, in place, and whenlifted out allows said fulcrum pin to be shifted instantaneously.

Fig. 10 represents what I denominate a reciprocating wedge, which isshown also in the section, Fig. 11, and some of its appendages in Fig.l.

Q, is the wedge part of this apparatus; this may be about four and ahalf inches wide, and two inches thick at its upper side, its lowerbeing brought to an edge. Its length is equal, nearly, to that of theinside of the box, and it is attached to vertical arms J, J. At theupper ends these are attached by shifting joint pins to arms K, K, thatproject out horiozntally from the arms D, D, of the vibrating dasher, asshown at K, K, Fig. 1. It will be seen that under this arrangement thewedge a, will move up and down in contact, or nearly so, with the insideof the front of the trough, as the dasher is moved back and forth. Thiswedge has the effect of preventing the clothes from rising too high, andas it is adjustable, it is readily adapted to the quantity contained inthe trough. As the dasher is drawn back toward the back-side of themachine, the wedge is depressed between the box and the clothes, causingthem to turn over toward the dasher, thus rendering their rolling overat the proper time a thing of certainty.

I sometimes substitute an adjustable for the reciprocating wedge, whichin part a answers the same purpose, and is less costly. This is shown atR, Fig. 9. I place this wedge within the trough in a situationcorresponding with that of the wedge Q, and ,by means of an adjustingthumb screw, 10 which passes between the studs S, S, I aiix said wedgein such situation as may be found best adapted to the kind and quan tityof clothes to be acted upon.I

Having thus fully described the nature of my improvements in the washingmachine, 15 what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

l. The varying of the inclination of the dasher board, in the manner,and for the purpose, herein described and represented. 20

2. I likewise claim the application and use of the reciprocating wedge,constructed and operating as above set forth.

WM. E. ARNoLD.

Witnesses: Y Tiros. P. JONES, WM. BISHOP.

